When Zhou Zheng hadn't come out yet, Ning Wan and I arrived first.

Ning Wan stood at the foot of the city, looking at the three words 'Zhenbei City' on the plaque, his expression was calm, but his eyes were deeply vigilant.

Naturally, he already knew about this city, but seeing it with his own eyes was another matter.

Judging from the scale of this city, the materials used, and the arrangement of the iron cannons on the city, it is obvious that the Ming Dynasty is preparing to use this city as a foundation for the Northern Expedition, and the army is bound to come out from here.

Ning Wan stood next to me Nikan, he looked at the name, snorted coldly, and said, "Sooner or later, I will break through here!" ”

Ning Wan had some gray hair on my temples, floating in the cold wind, and said, "If you can't negotiate this time, give you 10,000 people, can you break it?" ”

Nikan looked indifferent, and said disdainfully: "We also have artillery, 10,000 people suddenly besieged, and then find a high point to bombard, this city Ming people will definitely not let go, but it is too far from Jinzhou, I ambush on the road, how many Ming troops I eat!" ”

Ning Wan nodded slightly, turned his head to look at the Cao Bianjiao cavalry following behind, and said lightly: "The door is open, let's go in." ”

There were only eight of them in their group, and as the gate of the north of the town opened, Lu Xiangguan personally came out to greet him, he was a big man, and Lang smiled and said: "Mr. Ning, please please hurry, I have been waiting for a long time." ”

Ning Wan looked at Lu Xiangguan, also raised his hand politely, and walked towards the official office of Zhenbei City.

Ning finished knocking on the side along the way, and his words were inseparable from Zhou Zheng.

Lu Xiangguan is thick and fine, left and right, and there is no half of the truth.

Ning Wan's face did not move, but he was shocked in his heart. This Lu Xiangguan's attitude is surprisingly good, and the captains and captains around him are no longer as sharp as before.

Ning Wan suppressed the suspicion in his heart, and came to the official office with Lu Xiangguan.

saw Lu Xiangsheng at the door to greet him, and said with a rare smile: "Mr. Ning, please." ”

Ning Wan's face tried his best to remain calm, and his heart became more and more uneasy.

There is no reason for the 'friendliness' shown by the generals of the Ming army, he still remembers the last time he returned to Shenyang from the capital and passed by Jinzhou, Lu Xiangsheng's expression was hesitant to kill him, instead of going out to greet him now!

Ning Wan smiled reluctantly and entered the official office with Lu Xiangsheng.

The two sat down separately, and after serving tea, Lu Xiangsheng looked at Ning Wan and said, "Mr. Ning came in the wind and snow, is there something wrong?" ”

Ning Wan looked at the smile on Lu Xiangsheng's face, and was shocked in his heart, and also smiled: "The main thing is that I know that Dingguo Gong is here, and there are some things that I want to discuss with Dingguo Gong." ”

Lu Xiangsheng said: "If it is about Liaodong, there are some things that do not need to be done in a fixed country. ”

Ning Wan pondered Lu Xiangsheng's words, and his eyes flickered.

Lu Xiangsheng's words, could it be that something happened within the Ming Dynasty? Has Zhou Zhengyun lost his authority? Or did Lu Xiangsheng have a conflict with Zhou Zhengyun, and Lu Xiangsheng wanted to replace Zhou Zhengyun to become a big man in the Ming Dynasty?

Ning Wan's heart was churning, with a smile on his face, and he said, "I don't understand what Lord Lu means. ”

Lu Xiangsheng said directly: "Why did Mr. Ning come?" ”

Ning Wan had the intention to be tempted, and said: "One is for diplomatic relations, and the other is for mutual markets." ”

Lu Xiangsheng frowned suddenly, he really can't do these two things.

The reason why Lu Xiangsheng was polite to Ning Wan was nothing more than wanting to continue to delay time and dispel Zhou Zheng's thoughts on the Northern Expedition.

He thought in his heart and said, "Don't think about these two things, Mr. Ning, no matter who it is, it can't change the status quo." ”

Ning Wan looked at Lu Xiangsheng's expression and said, "Then, can Liaodong open up for trade?" There are many good things in our country, and your country needs them. ”

Lu Xiangsheng said: "I can promise that we will not move for the time being, and we will not continue to build the city in the north, and the armies will also retreat." ”

Ning Wan, I already understood when I heard this, what should have happened inside the Ming Dynasty, but Zhou Zheng may still be in power, and Lu Xiangsheng and others want Liaodong to calm down and delay time.

'What happened?' ’

Ning Wan thought in his heart, and said, "These are not enough. This town north is already our last bottom line, if your country continues to go north, then our country can only fight at any cost. ”

Lu Xiangsheng took a deep breath, the polite smile on his face was completely gone, and he said lightly: "Mr. Ning, you must know that if I go on a Northern Expedition at any cost, you won't be able to last long." ”

Ning Wan was expressionless and said, "I am far greater than you in the Wanli years, how much stronger are you than in the Wanli years?" It's really going to be a battle, and victory or defeat is still between the two. ”

Lu Xiangsheng saw that Ning Wan was so tough, which might really anger Zhou Zheng, his expression was indifferent, and he said directly: "Order, the cavalry of Man Gui and Cao Bianjiao will be stationed in Jinzhou and 30,000 troops will be mobilized to enter Ningyuan." ”

Ning Wan looked at Lu Xiangsheng's expression and said lightly: "Lord Lu, did you do such a big thing?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng stood up directly, turned around and left, and said, "You'll know later." ”

Lu Xiangsheng put down this sentence, turned around and really left.

Ning Wan looked at his back, his brows furrowed.

Today's events are so weird that he can't figure it out.

Nikan was pretending to be dumb, his head bowed, but his gaze was indifferent.

At this moment, Zhou Zheng got dressed, came out with Zhou Dehui, and saw a young man with a rather serious expression.

The young man didn't expect to meet Zhou Zheng, so he was stunned, and hurriedly saluted: "The last general will see Dingguo Gong." ”

Zhou Zheng looked at him a little familiar, and said, "What's your name?" ”

The young man knelt on one knee, bowed his head, and said, "The last general, Li Dingguo." ”

Zhou Zheng sighed, after so many years, he almost forgot about this one, and said, "Get up." Oh, by the way, this is my nephew, who wants to be the vanguard of the Northern Expedition, you take him for me. ”

Li Dingguo stood up, looked at Zhou Zheng, and then looked at Zhou Deyu.

Zhou Dewei was also stunned, he had never heard the name Li Dingguo, looked at the Commander Medal in front of him, and hurriedly said: "The last general, Zhou Dewei, see Captain." ”

Li Dingguo still didn't understand, and Zhou Zheng confessed that he had already left, so he had to say, "Get up." ”

Zhou Dewei got up, looked at Li Dingguo and said with a smile: "In the future, please ask the commander to give orders, don't care about my second uncle." ”

Li Dingguo is a little confused, the second generation of the Zhou family will be handed over to him this week?

When Zhou was heading to the main hall, Liu Liuzhe reported what had just happened to Zhou Zheng along the way.

Zhou Zheng was not surprised, and said, "Where did Lu Jiandou go?" ”

Liu Liuzhen said: "In the back office." ”

Zhou Zheng continued to walk towards the main hall and said: "Ning finished my coming this time, most of them will be unable to hold on, if you can't get food from us, you will probably take some risky moves, you ask Meng Hezhou to check for me, I want the details of Shenyang." ”

Liu Liuzhen responded and said, "Second Young Master, in the cold winter of Layue, Jianyu shouldn't be able to do anything, right?" ”

Zhou Zhengdao: "Don't be lucky, terrible things often happen in the 'no' we expect." ”

Liu Liuzhe's expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly said, "Yes, I'll go now." ”

Zhou Zheng snorted and said: "It's not enough for Lu Jiandou to transfer troops, Dongjiang Town must also move forward, be ready for battle, the best defense is to attack, let them, give me a posture!" ”